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Moving House While on an Internship?

  • 13-03-2012 4:35pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi I’ve recently been offered an internship and I will be starting next week.
    This is my story...
    I was made redundant at the start of December and for the month of December I was means tested for JSA. I was living with my girlfriend at this time in a rented house we both shared (we’re both over 25). No one else lived in this house. She was/is working full time. I was means tested because I wasn’t entitled the JSB until the start of January for some reason.
    So for the month of December I received approx €400, less than the full JSA amount as her wages were taken into account.
    Since January I have been in receipt of the full €188 per week JSB. Next week when I start this internship my income will be €188(JSB) + €50.
    Now my problem is since January myself and my girlfriend have split up permanently. She has moved back to her family home. This is not an option for me as my family home is too far away from my internship (+200km).
    I am still living in the house we used to share and I cannot afford the rent. I have used this address for the social welfare and internship.
    I want to moved out as quickly as I can.
    Another problem is that this house in the county and where I want to move to is the city (different social welfare departments).

    My question is if I moved to rented shared accommodation in the city (a house share with people I don’t know), would I have to be means tested again and would I have to provide the details of my new housemates such as their PPS numbers and bank statements. This would be a lot to ask from someone I’ve just met.
    Any help?


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  • #2
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    As it is simply a house share arrangement and you are not in a relationship/cohabiting, the PPS details, bank statements etc., of your housemates will not be required.

    Talk to your present SW office as to how to handle this as they are the ones clearing your eligibility for JobBridge It usually takes two weeks for the extra 50 Euro to start showing up and for your payment to be switched to Bank payments for JobBridge. So, for the first week or two, you may have to come back to your present area to pick up payments at the PO as usual. Perhaps you could manage this on a Saturday morning? The method of transferring areas is to go to the new SW area office with evidence, bills etc., in your name proving you are at the new address and arrange the changeover. Anyway, talk to your present SW office to see what they recommend.


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